Murder accused Frederick “Freddie” Thompson shouted obscenities in court this morning after he was refused bail by a High Court judge.

Frederick ‘Freddie’ Thompson has lost an application to have a murder charge against him dismissed.

Plant hunting is something many of us consider a pursuit of the wealthy, and something which happened in centuries gone by, says Peter Dowdall.

An 18-year-old man has been sent forward for trial to the Special Criminal Court after he was charged with the murder of David ‘Daithi’ Douglas who was shot dead on a Dublin street last year.

A man has been arrested in connection with an alleged murder in Dublin last summer.

A man has appeared in court again charged in connection with the murder of David ‘Daithi’ Douglas in Dublin's inner city.

A man has appeared in court charged with the murder of David Douglas, who was shot dead in Dublin earlier this year.

A man arrested in connection with the investigation of the murder of David Douglas in July is expected to appear in court on Monday.

An internal INLA dispute and the Kinahan-Hutch feud are being examined as motives for the latest gun attack in Dublin.

A man murdered in a daylight shooting in Dublin city centre has been named locally as David Douglas.

Fiann Ó Nualláin’s horticultural hero for this month is geographically linked to the TV show, The High Chaparral.

Gardaí are investigating after a man was left fighting for his life following a suspected gangland shooting in Dublin.

MISTAKEN IDENTITY

IF you follow tradition you will take down your Christmas tree today. January 6 is Little Christmas or Women’s Christmas and marks the end of the holiday. This seems to be a uniquely Irish custom. In Norway and Sweden the tradition is to take down the tree on January 13.

Executives in Leader groups are paid far less than their cohorts in comparable public sector roles, said IRD Duhallow chief executive Maura Walsh.

A former taxi driver and committed father who was caught in possession of over €500,000 worth of cocaine has been sentenced to 10 years with the last six years suspended.

A COUPLE of weeks ago I wrote about Monkey Puzzle trees, mentioning that the man responsible for introducing them to these islands was Archibald Menzies, a Scottish medical doctor and botanist.

The WPBSA are to investigate yesterday's Caesarscasino.com Snooker Shoot-Out match between Jimmy Michie and Marcus Campbell because of suspicious betting patterns.

YOU’VE probably got your Christmas tree by now, and I hope it’s a real tree grown in Ireland and not a plastic, made-in-China, job.

World snooker chairman Barry Hearn claims John Higgins is the ideal person to lecture young players on the dangers of becoming embroiled in betting scandals.

BARRY HEARN yesterday claimed snooker would lead the way in tackling corruption in sport as he promised a “zero tolerance” approach at the launch of a new integrity unit.

Suspended former world champion John Higgins will play a role in World Snooker's new measures to ensure the integrity of the sport.

John Higgins admits he fully expects some players to doubt him when he returns from his six-month suspension.

World Snooker chairman Barry Hearn has backed John Higgins to come back from the “devastating blow to his career and reputation” when his suspension from the sport is lifted in November.

John Higgins will tomorrow reach the final stage in the quest to clear his name following the allegations of frame-fixing which rocked snooker.

Barry Hearn believes snooker players will be “terrified” of cheating the system after seeing John Higgins suspended for allegedly agreeing to fix frames in return for payment.

The investigation into newspaper allegations that John Higgins agreed to a match-fixing deal continues today.

World Snooker chief Barry Hearn today vowed that the governing body will investigate allegations made against world champion John Higgins “in the fastest possible timetable”.

JOHN HIGGINS last night insisted his conscience was “100% clear” but the three-time world snooker champion will have to justify his behaviour to the sport’s new disciplinary chief after being filmed offering to fix frame results.

John Higgins today insisted he would never fix a snooker match and declared his conscience was “100% clear” following the newspaper allegations that he agreed to throw frames in return for money.

I PUT a fresh log on the fire.